NXP Semiconductors N.V. have revealed that the city of Istanbul, Turkey, has selected NXP’sMIFARE DESFire™ EV1 contactless microcontroller to power the Automated Fare Collection (AFC) element of its redeveloped public transportation system. The Istanbulkart project, developed by systems integrator Belbim, is one of the largest and most diverse AFC projects within the EMEA region. It unites […]
Set in the beautiful Lombardy region of northern Italy, Sondrio has been keen to take its place at the contactless table. The town is the home of the Tellcard initiative, a scheme that uses contactless technology to enable payments of up to 15 euros on Credito Valtellinese Visa V Pay cards. Launched in 2008, more than 9,000 cards […]
NXP Semiconductors N.V. have announced that its MIFARE DESFire™ EV1 contactless microcontroller IC has been chosen to power the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) scheme of Madrid’s public transportation system. Operated by the Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid (CRTM), the public transportation system covers the city’s urban metro, bus network and suburban rail network, which […]
NXP Semiconductors, together with Brightsight and Cryptography Research Inc., today announced the certification of several NXP SmartMX secure microcontrollers under the DPA Countermeasure Validation Program. The analysis, conducted by security evaluation firm Brightsight, validates the effectiveness of Differential Power Analysis countermeasures in members of NXP’s SmartMX product line. The DPA Countermeasure Validation Program is a certification program […]
NXP Semiconductors N.V. and Gemalto, have announced a global strategic licensing agreement for NXP’s MIFARE™ technology, enabling Gemalto to integrate MIFARE into its UICC cards. This cooperation aims at spurring the usage of NFC mobile devices in the MIFARE infrastructure, therefore accelerating worldwide deployments of mobile contactless services. The agreement enables Gemalto to complement its existing NFC application portfolio withMIFARE DESFire™ and MIFARE Plus™ technology for its UICC security solutions. […]
